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(Trying to think too... Hopefully i'll get better with practice.) 1. - Yeah, Kubel seems to be giving an alternate meaning to "RIP". Nice to see. 2. - Getting fired up without getting fired! Er, i mean, ejected. A win all around, well... 3. - A moral victory at least. And i'm pretty sure moral victories are like box tops? If you get enough of them you can send them in for something cool, like a temporary tattoo. I liked to see the bases loaded in the bottom half of the inning. We almost had Burton's back, like we had Perkins'. 4. - The zeros do bode well, though we'll see soon enough. 5. - Isn't a Permanent a hairstyling ritual from perhaps a generation ago? Kidding aside, this is really food for thought. What would I write/draw that I would always have to read? Well, perhaps chatting in a game thread may serve as scratch paper to figure that sort of thing out. 6. - (If people don't mind me adding one...) Mastrioanni! A new year, another chance. We'll see what he does with it. Anyway... Play ball! (maybe a tad premature... sorry, i've rarely been accused of being mature)

Thanks. Sorry it was so slow...

Wasn't that exciting? Gosh, i have yet to get this "watch the game" and seamlessly participate in the game thread down... I had a bad joke based on 1000 that i mulled over for far too long after readin' the thoughts, then i got caught up in other stuff... Let's see if i can remember it... Beer-maker has made 999 batches of beer, and is about to make another, when is buddy asks if he's sure he wants to do that. He responds... "sure! where's the harm in kilo-brew?" Anyway... Hurray for 1,001 wince! And 500! I like 500 too.

All these 1s and 0s... Only 11,000 wins until he gets 10,000,000,000 wins. Assuming we win about as quickly as we lose, we can expect to celebrate it in... late May? Anyway, yeah! Congrats for win 1,111,101,000! (Doesn't quite have the same ring to it in binary as in decimal, does it? albeit rather impressive at first glance.) And for my own curiosity, i believe the figure excludes post season, but includes the game 163.

I finally figured it out! (gosh, i'm slow) Goose is also a term for an inappropriate pinch. Riverbrian goosed us good, with that... I guess that's why they call it a way-homer... Speakin' of which, back to what's important (and i'll ketchup reading intervening posts in the meantime...) a 3-0 lead!

And my current superpower of choice would be to discuss something without jinxing it... Is that even possible?

Sorry i was slower. And just as glad that i'm not the only one to point out the obvious...

Obviously, one of them has an a in it.

Someone reminded me Wednesday was Guinness' 100th birthday. Sadly i was reminded too late to celebrate appropriately... I wonder how good Guinness' slider was?

Thanks for the update! (Stay on target...)

I haven't been around long enough to identify a snore, especially over the internet... (The original reference, someone once told me, referred to the sun not coming out)

The old man is snoring? sorry, wrong poem...

I think i saw something about paternity leave...

(Short version, as I don't know if/when I'll get to long version, and I want to get this in before the game starts) Why baseball? Nothing is better to pass the time than playing catch. And running down fly balls at the edge of one's range is worth it. I played in high school. I got the nickname "Skud" ("back in the early 90's, just about the time of our conflict with Saddam and the Iraqis" as the movie says) because, both at bat and in the field, when I threw/hit the ball, you didn't really know where it was going, just that it would hit hard. It was a load of fun, to say the least. Why the Minnesota Twins? I lived in Rochester, MN during '87. We moved during the summer of '89, but retaining sports loyalties have since become a point of pride, if nothing else. Why TwinsDaily? (I know it isn't part of the original question) At least for me, amongst all the discussion, opinions, reporting, I think I see something of the atmosphere I grew up in back in the 80s. Anyway, I do enjoy following what's here. For what it's worth. (While this thread has fallen off the top listings, and I haven't taken the time to read everything before me, I will come back to it. This is one of those threads that isn't really time sensitive. And maybe I'll give a more in depth response.)

Suggestion received. I'll let ya know how it tastes if nothing better comes to mind... or to mouth. I was trying to think, um, more metaphorically. Anyway, I see there's guides to thinking added to the top. Hold on while catch up...

A thought... (welcome to be incorporated in the official listing, if it fits) Cleansing the palate. From context, it seems to have to do with getting ready to appreciate the finer tastes/points of something. How does one cleanse one's palate for opening day?

The caps on their heads is pretty handy, isn't it? It keeps their eyes out of the sun.

Twins line up: Brian Dozier ® 2B Joe Mauer (L) 1B Oswaldo Arcia (L) RF Josh Willingham ® DH Jason Kubel (L) LF Trevor Plouffe ® 3B Kurt Suzuki ® C Aaron Hicks (S) CF Pedro Florimon (S) SS

If you think they'd appreciate it, sure. But don't do it just for me. But i'm not entirely accurate. There is humor in them, it is just less prevalent. I guess it goes with the territory of taking things seriously. And i still enjoy reading them. I just read them a bit less thoroughly sometimes.

Yup, Nalasco got those two breaking balls by McCutchen with the runner at second with three balls. Nice to see.

Yeah, the forums often lack humor. I've claimed Pirates as my second team since they signed Mientkiewicz to a minor league deal in '08, and he told them how they'd turned it around while he was in Minnesota. I just took a walk down memory lane, and dug up one of those articles: http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/08049/858330-13.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml He has something to say about "accountability" there... Anyway, i'm lookin' forward to a good game either way! "Play Ball!"

No Prob. Alas, too little, too late, but still it is practice for another time.

Baltimore: 1) Lough, CF 2) Lombardozzi, 2B (something familiar about that name...) 3) Urrutia, RF 4) Young, D, LF (i've heard of him too) 5) Clevenger, C 6) Reimold, DH 7) Flaherty, 3B 8) Pearce, 1B 9) Casilla, A, SS P) Norris, B Minnesota: 1) Dozier, 2B 2) Suzuki, K, C 3) Mauer, 1B 4) Willingham, LF 5) Kubel, DH 6) Plouffe, 3B 7) Arcia, O, RF 8) Hicks, CF 9) Florimon, SS P) Pelfrey (source: mlb gameday) And of course, things to think about. 1) Actions speak louder than words. So i shan't ever complain about lack of game thread... 2) Better late, than never. But might as well take advantage of the lateness as more information is available. Reinforcements include: 1) Escobar, E, 2B 2) Pinto, C 3) Colabello, 1B 4) Presley, LF 5) Kubel's still DH 6) Bartlett, 3B 7) Parmelee, RF 8) Hicks' still in CF (and yeah, feel free to correct my apostrophe placement) 9) Florimon remains as SS Pelfrey pitches 3 innings, giving up 2 hits and striking batters out 4 times. Diamond goes 3 innings, giving up 2 hits and a run, and striking 1 person out. Gibson pitching. 3) Opening day isn't far off. Decisions can be hard to make. And chances to make them better informed are perhaps dwindling. Good luck to Diamond, Gibson, Deduno, and yes, Worley too, however they go/went. I'm less clear on what position decision boils down to. That said, is it better to have no right decissions, or no wrong decisions? 4) Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Thanks to the many game threads that have gone before me for givin' me someone to flatter. (And while i'm too lazy to look it up, i have Riverbrian to thank for this format?) 5) Think about... a thinkabout. it's like a walkabout minus sore feet, isn't it? (And, if i'm lucky, i'll get to learn how to edit my post...)

You bet!

"Please don't let the big bat hit me!" is the first thing that comes to mind... (properly executed in a thought bubble from the baseball as it leaves the pitcher's hand.) Wouldn't say i'm particularly opinionated on personnel decisions, nor very subtle on strategies. I've really appreciated the humor of the game threads last summer though!